Church of St. James

The Church of St. James is a Grade II* listed building located on Winterbourne Road. It dates from the 12th century, 13th century, and mid-18th century. The chancel was restored by Hudson in 1895, while the rest of the church was restored by J.W. Hugall in 1854. The structure is built of flint with Bath stone dressings, brick, some tile hanging, and features a tiled roof with catslides over the aisles. The church includes a west tower, nave, north and south aisles, a south porch, chancel, and vestry.

The west tower is constructed of grey brick with red dressings and consists of three stages separated by string courses, a plinth, and a battlemented parapet with stone coping. It has diagonal buttresses on the first stage, an arched west door with a fanlight, an arched opening above on the second stage, and louvred arched bell chamber openings on all sides.

The south aisle features two-light cusped windows to the west and south, and triple cusped lancets to the east. The south doorway has a moulded arch, a hood mould, and carved stops. There is a gabled south porch with a carved coat of arms at the apex, a moulded arch, and trefoiled openings on the east and west sides.

The north aisle has two bays with paired lancets; there are two to the north and one to the west, with diagonal buttresses at the corners. The chancel's south side includes probably re-set 13th-century paired lancets with 19th-century heads to the west, a central chamfered doorway, and a lancet to the east. The early 14th-century east window has three ogee-headed lights.

To the northeast of the chancel is a vestry with a two-light east window featuring trefoiled heads and a quatrefoil above, a blocked doorway to the south, and a stack with a moulded cap to the southeast. There is another vestry to the northwest with two circular windows.

Inside, there are two bay arcades to the north and south with circular piers, moulded capitals, and hood moulds with carved stops. The chancel has two semi-circular arches to the north. All roofs and fittings are from the 19th century, and the west tower is dated 1759.